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Undoing Bratton’s LAPD: Beck’s Gamble with Public Safety

Posted on May 5, 2010 by

You got to feel for poor Charlie Beck — he was always going to get left holding the bag. Here was a street cop who Chief Bill Bratton snatched from the middle ranks of his command staff  to anoint as … Continue reading →

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Loyalty Counts to Bill Bratton: Just Ask Jack Weiss and Michael Berkow

Posted on January 27, 2010 by

This one calls for a drum roll or two. Jack Weiss, the ex-Councilman drummed out of office for doing such a poor job, and former Deputy LAPD Chief Michael Berkow, drummed out of town for his philandering ways, have landed … Continue reading →

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Who’s Chief Is He? Bratton’s, Mayor’s, LAPD’s?

Posted on November 4, 2009 by

Now that the formality of naming Charlie Beck as Chief of Police is over, the Times tells us it was always a done deal, that Bill Bratton lobbied hard for months for his favorite son and it was only at … Continue reading →

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Back Slaps, High Fives, Heroes — and Catastrophe for LA

Posted on May 19, 2009 by

With its $530 million deficit erased with a few strokes of a pen and the budget balanced with the kind of creative accounting that get executives of public companies thrown into jail, the LA City Council is naturally in a … Continue reading →

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